View From the Red Carpet: Gucci Westman Does Cameron Diaz

When we're feeling sick, we're lucky to get Theraflu. But at Saturday night's fundraiser for the U.N. Women and Hurricane Sandy relief effort by New York Cares (debuting Tag Heuer's Limited-Edition Link watches), Cameron Diaz, fighting a cold, had BFF and Revlon makeup guru Gucci Westman on hand to keep her looking radiant.

Cameron Diaz: "Gucci's probably done my makeup a thousand times. We have a funny routine where I'm always looking in the mirror and she won't let me keep the mirror around, because she doesn't want me to tell her what to do. I say, 'Don't put my blush right there.' And she says, 'No.' And I threaten her with, 'Listen, I'm just going to do my own makeup.' But she's major. Her Revlon collections are so beautiful. I've always felt like she's an artist painting my face, painting me, not just doing my makeup."

Gucci Westman: "I've been doing makeup for Cameron for almost 16 years. She's like a sister. I bring a lot of gear, since I never know if I need more eyelash curlers, glue, eyebrow brushes, or liquid liner. I keep a set of brushes for her. The whole process takes about 40 minutes. I start doing the skin, moisturizing and using any kind of skin corrector. The foundation I use is called Nearly Naked. I use a nude foundation and a powder as blush, kind of a warm, peachy brown tone that I make, mixing different types and colors of foundation. If the makeup is for a longer event, I use more powder than I normally would—there's a lot of opportunity to get shiny! For the eyes, I used a palette called Addictive. There is a brown, a khaki, a pearly white, and a bronze. I use it lighter in the middle of the lid, deeper in the corner of the eyes, and I extend it. And I put mascara on the bottom and top lashes. She likes her eyes to look broader, extended, versus a round eye. She knows her face. And I waited until the last minute to do the lips. She has full, beautiful lips. I didn't even need a pencil. I'm mixing a dusty rose lip butter and the nude, and I apply it with my finger. It's not a full-on drawn lip. She's a kind of Lauren Hutton of our day, tomboyish but very elegant. "